FERPA

The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a federal law that protects the privacy of your educational records. FERPA protects you by guarding against the release of your records without your consent. When a student reaches the age of 18 or begins attending a postsecondary institution, regardless of age, FERPA rights transfer from the parent to the student. This means that we are not able to communicate with anyone except for you, the student, about your student financial account without your consent, and we can only release information to individuals that you designate.

If you would like to give someone access to your private student records, you can grant authorization to your Workday account by following these steps.

• Log in to Workday
• Click on your profile picture located at the top right of the Workday dashboard
• Select "View Profile"
• Select "Contact"
• Select the "Friends and Family" tab
• To add a person who is not listed, click the "Add" button and enter the required information
• To edit a person who is listed, select the "Actions" drop-down menu, then select "Edit Friends and Family"
• Check the box "Is Third Party User"
• Click "OK", then click "Done"
• The "Friends and Family" tab will appear again
• To the right of the screen, select the "Actions" drop-down menu again, then select "Manage Permissions for My Third Party"
  • Select the name of the person you wish to manage and click "OK"
  • Check the "Allowed" box for each task you want to grant permission to that person to view
  • Select "OK"
  • The "FERPA Release Authorization Waiver" window will open. Enter the name of the individual you are granting access to in the "Purpose of Waiver statement" in the box provided, then check
  • Select "Submit," then click "View Details"
  • Click "Done"

Financial Aid Students’ Rights and Responsibilities

As a financial aid applicant or recipient, you have the following rights to:

• Be advised of what financial aid programs are available and how to apply for them.
  • View Types of Aid
• Be advised of the requirements in cases of withdrawal, such as refunds or repayments of financial aid.
  • Review Attendance, Withdrawal, and Federal R2T4 policies
• Be advised of the requirements for maintaining the Standards of Satisfactory Academic Progress for Financial Aid and good academic standing.
  • View Satisfactory Academic Progress
• Have all application information treated with the highest confidentiality.
  • Contact Student Financial Services

As a financial aid applicant or recipient, you have the following responsibilities to:

• Apply for financial aid early to be considered for financial assistance.
• Submit all required forms accurately and completely.
• Provide documentation, verification of income, corrections, and all other information required to complete your financial aid file.
• Accept responsibility for all forms and agreements you sign.
• Use financial aid only for your actual educational expense.

Can the college give out my personal information to my family or friends?